The Career and Programs of Fabio Fazio: From Rai to Discovery and Beyond

A whole life in Rai, from his debut as an imitator, to his appearance on Hello Raffaella? Then Loretta Goggi in quiz: Fabio Fazio, after 40 years of career, moves to Discovery. There are many programs that he has created and conducted. The last event that saw him as a protagonist, outside of What’s the weather likethe Sunday evening appointment on Rai 3 which celebrated its twentieth anniversary, was on Rai 1. With Track 21 accompanied the senator Liliana Segre on a painful journey down memory lane.

A dry, moving program for Holocaust Remembrance Day, with Milan Central Station stopped for a minute as a sign of respect for the victims of the Shoah, followed by almost 5 million viewers. There are many programs in which he has been the protagonist, many guests of What’s the weather like (in 2022 to remember the interview with Pope francesco). These broadcasts have certainly marked her career and have entered the history of TV.

Those who football – In 1993 he starred on Rai 3 (later on Rai 2), the program that brings football into homes in a different, original way. Exceptional commentators in the stadiums, famous fans commenting in the studio, in a continuous game of irony. A true Sunday variety. In 1998 the program was promoted on Rai 2 and would become one of the leading titles on the network.

My soul – Nostalgia in TV format, in the 1997 program on the collective imagination of the 70s (the years from 1968 to 1983), which evoked myths and fashions. I’m there with Fazio Claudio Baglioni, Sabina Ciuffini, Natalia Estrada, Orietta Berti. Exams and Countryside cousins, Mal, The footsteps, Mita Medici, Paola Pitagora, Nino Castelnuovo, the Magician Silvan, Georges Descrières (Arsenio Lupin from the television series) Lou Ferrigno participated presents himself as the Incredible Hulk, is interviewed by Gad Lerner. He makes an encore with Baglioni in 1999 with The last waltz.

San Remo Festival – Leads the Festival for two consecutive years, in 1999 and 2000 with record ratings. He overturns the liturgy, brings the Nobel Prize for medicine Renato Dulbecco to the Ariston stage with Laetitia Casta, as co-hosts. He arrives Michail Gorbacëv as a guest. The record average is 14 million 689 thousand viewers, with a 55.89% share. Fixed attendance Teo Teocoli e Anna Marchesini. In 2000 there is still Teocoli, with the tenor Luciano Pavarotti e Ines Sastre (the average of the evenings is 12 million 920 thousand spectators with a 54.25% share).

In 2013 he returned to Sanremo with Luciana Littizzetto. Huge success, with an average of almost 12 million viewers, the challenge to the comedian remains in the history of TV Maurice Crozzaby some people in the audience. The following year, in 2014, she presents the festival again alongside Luciana Littizzetto; this edition does not reconfirm the success of the public and critics of the previous year also due to the numerous pre-festival controversies relating to the cachet of the conductors. Average of 8 million 735 thousand viewers with a 39.26% share.

The collaboration with Roberto Saviano – In November 2010 he co-hosted the program on Rai 3 with the writer built with the reading of lists inspired by a theatrical show, he obtained up to 9.7 million viewers and almost 32% share, making it the most watched program in the history of third network.

In May 2012 he leads, again with Saviano, What I (don’t) have on A7. The program follows the setting of Come away with me, however having “words” instead of lists as protagonists. In the first episode it recorded the record share of LA7 with 12.65% and 3,036,000 viewers.

The remake of risk it all – In 2016 the tribute to Mike Bongiorno with the quiz that made TV history: same scenography, same jingles, graphics and theme song. The program was conducted by Fabio Fazio, flanked by a valet chosen in rotation among different Italian actresses. Author and co-presenter (as well as head of the competition judges) is Louis Peregrine, former author and judge of the first editions of the quiz. Two special episodes on Rai 1: the first is a team challenge between former champions (Giuliana Longari, Andrea Fabbricatore and Maria Luisa Migliari) and celebrities (Maria De Filippi, Christian De Sica e Fabio De Luigi; Lorella Cuccarini and Fabrizio Frizzi e Vincent Salemme); in the second the selected competitors challenge each other.